Skirt-vent adjuster.



PATENTED 00T. 3, 1905.

J. BOYD. l SKIRT VENT ADJUSTBR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1903.

UNITE@ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAY BOYD, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

SKIRT-VENT ADJUSTER.

Be it known that I, JAY BOYD, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain useful Improvements in Skirt-Vent Adjusters; and I do herebydeclare thatthefollowingisafull,elear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanying' drawings, which form a part of this specilication.

This invention relates to a new and novel improvement in skirt-vent adjusters.

The object of my invention is to provide a skirt-vent adjuster by means of which the skirt may be held tog'ether at the vent in a neat and dressy manner in such a way that the skirt members will not separate.

In the accom panying drawings I have shown in Figure l a broken sectional view of the upper portion of a skirt, disclosing' the vent as provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the members comprising my skirt-vent. Fig. 3 shows a top view of one of the skirt-ventmembers, disclosing' the manner of securing' the shielril-support, while Fig. '1L shows a front view of my skirt-vent adjuster.

In carrying out the aim of my invention I provide two counterpart members 6 and 7, each provided below with a perforated enlargement 8, through which extends a pivotpin 9, these members being `provided with the perforations fr, through which suitable threads may be extended to be used in securing' the vent-'adjuster to the garment. members above is provided with an ear 3, provided with a locking-slot 5, as shown in Fig'. 4. The member opposite is provided with a supporting-pin c, which supporting-pin c performs a double function in that it secures the supporting-earf, provided with perforations c, as shown. This memberfis bent to provide a shoulder, as shown in Fig'. 3, so that the member 7 may be brought in alinement with the member 6. Now in securing these two members the pin c is held within the slot 5 in such a manner that there is provided a space between the two members 6 and 7, so that the folds of the fabric comprising the skirt will come adjacent one another' and further permit a snug adjustment ofthe g'arment. In order to prevent these members Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 20, 1903.

One of thev Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Serial No. 181,982.

separating to disclose the nether garment, I provide the member 6 with the support f, to which is secured the cloth shield 4, as is disclosed in Fig. l, so that there is a double thickness of material at the vent-opening.

The band 2, secured to the upper portion of the garment, is made to contain the member 3 and also the supporting member f, the pin c projecting' through the upper band 2. This pin c in projecting is used as a means to secure the member 3 and performs a double function in that the belt usually worn with the skirt may be provided with an opening adapted to receive this pin c, so that this pinv wouldhold the belt properly to the garment at the point where the members 6 and 7 are united. These members 6 and 7 are slightly bowed in the form of an ogee, as disclosed in Fig. 2, so as to more nearly conform to the human ligure.

From the description it will be noticed that the two members 6 and 7 when closed are a suitable distance away from one another or apart to permit the fabric folding between the same, the twomembers coming in alinement. This is understood in referring' to Fig. 2, where aside view of the members is shown, the members overlapping' only at the bottom, where they are united. I further provide the member 6 with the projecting ear f, which supports the shield placed at the vent, while the pin used in securing the two membersiassists in holding the shield-supportf and projects through the waistband 2 to be engaged by the belt used with the garment.

My skirt-vent adjuster may be incased in a fabric-holder to be sewed to the garments ready made or may be secured to the garment in the process of construction by means of stitching carried through the perforations a and o.

The members 6 and 7 are. preferably made of sheet spring-steel or other suitable material and are made of various sizes.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

A skirt-vent adjuster, comprising two counterpart members, each provided below witha perforation, a pin within said perforation to pivotall y unite said counterpart members, said Slot Secured to one of sind counterpart meml In testimony whereof lal'lx 1n y signature in bers, sind member opposlte belng provlded I presence of two wltnesses. wlth a pln adapted to extend through said y 7 J 7 locking-Slot, and a projecting` ear secured to JAX LOX D' 5 said last-mentioned member, adapted to form TitlleSses:

a Support 'for a Suitable shield, substantially M. H. LA DOUGEUR,

as Set forth.

S. P. CRIGKMORE. 

